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Before 2018, Fret participated in singing competitions including La Banda and Solo Tu Voz. He used social media to advocate against bullying. Fret used his voice as a member of the LGBT community to encourage other new artists beginning their careers.[2] He released his breakthrough single, "Soy Asi" ("I'm Like This") on April 7, 2018 and was featured on Mike Duran's song "Diferente" ("Different"), released on July 18, 2018.[3]

Fret came out as gay at the age of 18 years old.[2]Paper magazine described a "strict religious upbringing" as the reason he courted controversy in the LGBT community by saying that homosexuality was "a choice" for him.[5] His parents were not supportive at first but were later accepting. He has a younger sister. Fret was public about undergoing liposuction surgery and buttock augmentation.[2] While living in Miami in 2018, Fret was charged with battery after a fight with another man, who he said had attacked him because of his sexuality.[6][7]

On January 10, 2019, while Fret was riding his motorcycle in Santurce, San Juan at about 5:30 am, an unidentified gunman shot at him eight times, hitting him in the head and hip.[8][3] The incident was initially regarded by authorities as an automobile accident due to the darkness of the hour.[9] Fret was taken to the Río Piedras Medical Center,[10] where he was pronounced dead.[11] According to police, Fret's murder was the 22nd homicide of 2019 in Puerto Rico.[8]